夏说英语新闻晨读 第54期:世界啤酒行业的合体与拆分

本期内容：

Asahi, Japan’s largest brewer¹, best known for its Super Dry lager, said it was in exclusive talks about buying SABMiller’s Grolsch, Meantime and Peroni brands for 2.6 billion. SABMiller, the world’s second-biggest brewer, is merging² with the biggest, Anheuser-Busch InBev; the two are selling some assets to assuage³ antitrust concerns.

词义解析:

Brewer: 啤酒厂商
Lager：淡啤酒
Asset：资产
Assuage：缓解
Antitrust: 反垄断

1 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

2 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

3 assuage   

v.缓和，减轻，镇定

参考例句：

• The medicine is used to assuage pain.这种药用来止痛。
• Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.你带来的这些振奋人心的消息一定能减轻她的痛苦。